Trolley-pole.



C. O. SHAUB.

TROLLEY POLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2B, 1914.

1,146,661 Patented July 13, 1915.

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CHARLES onrvnn SHAUB, or DAYTON, oHIo,

\ TROLLEY-POL E.

manner.

Specification 6f Letters Patent...

Patented July 13, 1915.,

Application fi1edAp1'i128, 1914. Serial No. 834,941.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHAnLEsO. SHAUB, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Dayton, in the county of Monte gomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolley Poles, of which the following is a specification. v I

My invention relatesto trolley poles, and the main object thereof is to provide a guard for preventing the trolley wheelfrom accidentally leaving the wire, atswitches, crossovers, frogs, etc.

A further object is to so construct the said guard as to permit its by the spreading of itsmembers normally held under spring tension.

A further object is to locate the said guard below the peripheries of the wheel flanges whereby the wheel may revolve without in terference over hangers, switches, crossovers, etc.; and a further object is to provide means operableby the trolley rope for disengaging the wheel from the Wire if desired.

My invention is fully set forth in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which J Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper end of a trolley pole provided with my in vention, and showing the same, in operative position; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; and Fig. 8 is a rear view thereof, partly in section.

In the drawings forming a part of this application I have shown a trolley-pole a having the usual or any desired harp a at the upper end thereof and through which passes a journal pin a for the conventional,

grooved, wheel a Loosely mounted upon the extended ends of the pin a are two disks Z) and 6 one on each side of the harp a and extending over the upper ends thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 in section, and said disks are pivotally held on said pin by means of pivots Z9 arranged in such manner as to permit movement of said disks in substantially vertical planes, said disks being provided with upwardly and forwardly directed arms 5 and .72 respectively, and the outer ends of which are each provided with inwardly directed a leaf members 6 and b, respectively, curved passing hangers 1 each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and

the disks 6 and b are each. provided with a downwardly directed arm 6 and Z)", respectively, and which, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are also outwardly directed and maintained in this position by means of a band spring 0 secured, at each end thereof, to the corresponding arm Z2 and 6 The arms .72 and b are each provided with a staple c andwith, outwardly directed projections 0 the trolley-rope 0 being looped around both arms 6' and b and passed through the staples c asclearly shown in Figs. land 2, said loop resting upon the projections c which are preferably rounded, as shown.

The leaf members Z2 and b overlie the trolley wire (Z and, being in close contact, one with the other, prevent the wire from passing therebetween and, said leaf members being in a plane substantially below that of the upper edges ofthe trolley wheel flanges, said wheel cannot leave the wire, the under surfaces of the leaf members being fiat to insure such result but, in view of the curved" configuration of the said leaf mom-j bers, said leaf members may be spread apart by hangers encountered against the tension of the spring 0, the normal position of said leaf members being immediately resumed after said hanger is passed because'of said spring.

The leaf members 6 and 6 being, as stated, below the wheel flanges, clear switch plates, cross-overs, frogs, and the like, permitting the wheel flanges to contact with said trolley wire structural elements, and the guard automatically resumes its position above the wire when such structural elements have been passed. If, however, the car conductor desires to disengage the wheel from the wire, a downward pull on the trolley rope draws the arms 6 and b inwardly and'thus, because of the pivotal mounting of the disks carrying the said arms and the leaf members forming the guard, the latter are forced sufliciently apart to permit clearance from the wire and downward movement of the trolley-pole, this being done in the event of a return trip of the car and reversing the direction of movement thereof, for it will be understood that the trolleypole springs are considerably stronger than the band spring 0 whereby said leaf members are held apart as long as the trolleytion is the fact that'my guard isarrang'ed Copies of this patent inay be obtained *for pole is held in lowered position by means of the trolley rope but, as soon as this ten sion on the rope is released, the trolley-pole resumes its normal position with the wheel in contact with the wire and the spring 0 again closes the leaf members of the guard.

A highly important feature of my invenat a material distance in front of the trolley wheel for the reason that the guard acts as a guide, preventing the wheel from missing'the wire at a cross-over or when leaving a switch and, because of the fact that the guard is on a lower plane than the wheel I flange edges, said wheel takes the impact of crossovers or switches when met, instead of the guard, thus preventing injury to the latter which would be likely to occur if the guard tool: the force of such impact.

- It will thus be seen that I insure a constant relationship between the wheel and wire, unless it is desired to separate the same, and thatany structural elements of the 'wire met with are passed without interfering with such relationship, my device being simple, practical, readily installed on any trolley-pole by merely lengthening the journal-pin a and drilling the ends thereof for the pivot-pins b and comparatively inexpensive and, while I have shown a present preferred form of construction, it will be obvious that I do not limit myself thereto but may modify the same within the scope ofthe' following claims and, with such reservation, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A trolley-pole, a harp at the end thereof, a pin passed through said harp, a wheel journaled on said pin, a disk pivoted at each end of said pin and provided, each, with forwardly directed and downwardly directed arms, contacting leaf members on said forwardly directed arms overlying the trolley-wire, said leaf ,members being curved away from the points'of contact in both directions in a horizontal plane, and a as my invention]: have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses.

I CHARLES OLIVER SHAUB.

Witnesses: 1 1 v ALBERT SOHARRER,' I r CHARLES J. BRENNAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. CR 1 

